What is YouBuyBitcoin?

YouBuyBitcoin is a free, independent Bitcoin resource hub with 21 core education sections plus 8 supplementary articles, a swap rate aggregator comparing 8 non-custodial providers, and The Orange Pages — a transparent directory of Bitcoin-only services. 21% of net profits are pledged to Bitcoin education.

Is YouBuyBitcoin free to use?

Yes. Every tool, guide, and directory listing is completely free — no paywalls, no tiers, no premium access. All educational content is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), meaning anyone can use, translate, remix, and share it.

What is the 21% pledge?

We publicly pledge to direct 21% of net profits to Bitcoin education. This is a voluntary commitment, not legally binding. Details in our Terms.

How does the swap aggregator work?

The swap aggregator compares real-time Bitcoin rates from 8 non-custodial providers including ChangeNOW, SimpleSwap, FixedFloat, Exolix, SideShift, and Godex. You choose the best rate and swap directly through the provider — YouBuyBitcoin never touches your funds. No account or KYC required for most swaps.

What are The Orange Pages?

The Orange Pages is a transparent directory of Bitcoin services with 299 catalogued listings across 13 categories including wallets, exchanges, payment processors, lawyers, developers, and education resources. We don't endorse any service — we gather open-source intel under one roof.

YouBuyBitcoin — The Front Door to Bitcoin

§ Today's reading · live

If you set aside $100 this morning — how much of Bitcoin does that buy, right now?

What does one ounce of gold trade for, in fractions of a Bitcoin?

How long until the next halving — and what does the block subsidy become?

How much of the 21 million has been mined — and how much is left to find?

—sats

—BTC for 1 oz gold

—days to halving

—of 21M mined

60-min · last sample 12s ago+1.84% / 24h

§ Term of the day Walletsoftware or hardware that manages your private keys — the bitcoin lives on the blockchain; the wallet just proves it's yours. Private keya secret 256-bit number that controls your bitcoin; anyone who knows it can move the funds, so it must stay secret. Public keya key derived from your private key that can be shared openly — addresses come from it, but it can't be reversed. Addressa shareable string others send bitcoin to — like an email address for payments; safe to post. Seed phrase12 or 24 words (BIP 39) that back up your whole wallet — store it offline; anyone with it can restore your funds. Self-custodyholding your own bitcoin where only you control the keys — no exchange or government can freeze or seize it. Cold storagekeeping private keys entirely offline — the most secure way to hold bitcoin long-term. Satsthe smallest unit — 1 BTC = 100,000,000 sats. The unit that survives a six-figure price. Blocka bundle of transactions added to the blockchain roughly every 10 minutes. Blockchaina distributed, append-only ledger of every transaction — anyone can verify it, no one can quietly rewrite it. Miningusing computational energy to add blocks and earn new bitcoin — the process that secures the network. Proof of Workthe rule Bitcoin uses to agree on history — miners spend real energy, making attacks costly but verification trivial. Halvingevery 210,000 blocks (~4 years) the block reward is cut in half — enforcing the 21-million cap. Confirmationa block mined on top of your transaction — six (~1 hour) is the classic 'practically irreversible' threshold. Feea small sat/vByte payment to miners to include your transaction; higher fee, faster confirmation. Mempooleach node's waiting area for valid-but-unconfirmed transactions; miners pick from it, usually highest-fee first. UTXOUnspent Transaction Output — Bitcoin tracks discrete unspent chunks, not balances; these are what you spend. Nodea computer running Bitcoin that validates every rule itself — more nodes means a more decentralized network. Hash ratethe total computing power securing the network — higher means more expensive to attack. Lightning Networka Layer 2 on top of Bitcoin for near-instant, low-fee payments that settle back to the main chain. All 80 terms →

§ IFive departments

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Dept. ILearn21 core articles · 8 supplements From the orientation to the corporate-treasury case study. Written long; edited longer. Dept. IISwap8 non-custodial providers · live rates Compared on rate, KYC, payout window. Correctness over conversion. Dept. IIIOrange Pages299 services · 13 categories A directory of Bitcoin-only and Bitcoin-friendly services. Curated, not endorsed. Dept. IVRadar6 macro signals · 4-hour refresh ETF flows · exchange reserves · DeFi on Bitcoin · corporate treasuries · CBDC moves · strategic reserves. Dept. VDashboardLIVE no login · zero IP retained Price · mempool · halving · 21M progress, in one calm room.

§ IIAt a glance

today's tabular readings · connecting…

Market

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Today's readSupplementTreasury

Why a public company bet its entire balance sheet on Bitcoin — and what it signals.

How one public company turned its balance sheet into a Bitcoin position — the corporate-treasury thesis, chapter by chapter, from 2020 to today.

45 MINSupplementCase study

Start here§ 01Fundamentals

What Bitcoin actually is — the plain-English beginner's guide.

The beginning: what the network is, why it's different from the money you've used, and the three things to do next.

15 MIN§ 01Core

Why it matters§ 02Fundamentals

Why Bitcoin matters — decentralized money, in plain terms.

Censorship resistance, a fixed supply, and access without permission — why this is different from every money that came before.

16 MIN§ 02Core

Get started§ 03Action

How to buy Bitcoin — the step-by-step guide.

From zero to your first sats — exchanges, KYC-free options, and moving it into your own custody.

14 MIN§ 03Core

Stay safe§ 04Security

Storing Bitcoin safely — the wallet guide.

Wallets, seed phrases, hot vs cold — how to hold bitcoin so that only you can ever spend it.

15 MIN§ 04Core

Use it§ 05Payments

Using Bitcoin — payments and everyday use.

Sending, receiving and spending — addresses, fees, confirmations, and bitcoin in daily life.

14 MIN§ 05Core

Honest FAQ§ 07Fundamentals

Bitcoin questions & myths — answered straight.

The questions newcomers actually ask, and the myths worth retiring — energy, scams, "too late," and the rest.

16 MIN§ 07Core

Under the hood§ 08Technical

How Bitcoin works — blockchain & mining.

Blocks, mining, and how the blockchain stays honest with no one in charge.

17 MIN§ 08Core

Sound money§ 09Economics

Bitcoin economics — scarcity & sound money.

The 21-million cap, the halvings, and why a fixed, predictable schedule changes everything.

15 MIN§ 09Core

Go faster§ 10Payments

The Lightning Network — fast, cheap Bitcoin payments.

Bitcoin's Layer 2 for instant, near-free payments — how channels work and why they settle on-chain.

15 MIN§ 10Core

CompareSupplementMoney

Fiat money vs Bitcoin — the comparison.

Two kinds of money, side by side — who issues them, who controls the supply, and what that means for you.

30 MINSupplementMoney

CompareSupplementHard money

Bitcoin vs gold — two scarce assets, side by side.

Stock-to-flow, portability, verifiability, confiscation resistance — a 5,000-year-old store of value against one barely 17.

28 MINSupplementCompare

The clockSupplementSupply

The Bitcoin halving — dates, history & impact.

The four-year supply shock — the dates, the history, and why the halving anchors Bitcoin's monetary policy.

25 MINSupplementSupply

§ IIIIndex

complete reference · 21+8 articles · 8 providers · 299 services · 5 signals · 80 terms

A · Learn — §I (21 + 8)

What is Bitcoin?§ 01 · 15 min
Why Bitcoin matters§ 02 · 16 min
How to buy Bitcoin§ 03 · 14 min
Storing Bitcoin safely§ 04 · 15 min
Questions & myths§ 07 · 16 min
The Saylor PlaybookSupp · 45 min
All 21 + 8 articles →/learn

B · Swap, Radar & Live — §II / IV / V

C · Orange Pages — §III (299 / 13)

D · Glossary & the press

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§ IVFrom the workshop

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Built in the open: the finished work streams below — the raw drafts, notes and works-in-progress live next door at the Workshop · wip.youbuybitcoin.com ↗.

★ Featured

"A Builder's Redesign" — voicing the homepage, not just shipping it

A composite homepage drawn from eleven explorations: an almanac's reference depth with a live-dashboard's pulse. Dense, calm, signed — a posture statement about how an independent Bitcoin hub should feel.

Essay · 12 min

2026-05-20InfraGSC SEO cleanup & clean-URL deduplication bundle — legacy paths now 301 to clean URLs.68 redirects

2026-05-18InfraBuilding-in-Public page polish — last-ship time stays current, search shows alive.cache bump

2026-05-17DataVerification pipeline rebuilt — every push runs 6 quality gates in 2 s instead of 60.30× faster

2026-05-16LaunchWorkshop sister site launched at wip.youbuybitcoin.com — raw thinking, in the open.new surface

2026-05-12InfraFix mobile hamburger drawer doubling — nav destinations appearing twice.−1 line

2026-05-09ContentSelf-description drift swept across 7 surfaces — listings 275 → 299, identity now matches.7 files

Streaming · refreshes on every ship→ Full log · 225 entries